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Tuesday, April 17, 2012

A Normal Day, Finally!

Hey everyone. I know my food posts have been lacking lately, mostly because my appetite has been weird and I just have been too lazy to take pics. The same happened yesterday, I photographed my first two meals then just didn't take any more pics. Today is a different day though and I took pics of everything so I'm going to include the two from yesterday and then today's meals.

I'm starting to feel a bit like myself again. The anxiety comes and goes, sometimes intense sometimes mild. I feel better on average though which is a good thing. I had also contacted a chiropractor to try and figure out the whole shoulder situation but I found out that my insurance plan doesn't cover chiropractors so I had to take a different route. A few years ago before the problem had gotten really bad I saw a doctor that specializes in spine stuff (I don't remember the dr. term lol) and he was very nice so I'm going to see him next week and hopefully he'll order and MRI and we can start investigating. Let's hope!

Been laying a bit low on the upper body exercises because of the recent flare up. Hit the bag a bit yesterday at the end of my session but didn't go full power on that side. The workout was still pretty hard core, we kept up a good pace and did a lot of cardio drills and full body workouts. This morning's workout was 30 minutes of intervals on the arc trainer.

Yesterday's breakfast was a smoothie. This one had 1/2 cup cherries, 1/2 cup blueberries, almond milk, chocolate vega shake & go powder and lots of spinach. It was kind of meh, I prefer all cherries but I ran out!

For mid morning snack I had a pink lady apple with some Artisana raw walnut butter. OMG this stuff was so good! I need to find where they sell the small packets of these and stock up because the WFs I go to doesn't have the packets. The walnut butter was perfect on the apple. It tasted like a sweet treat instead of a healthy snack. Definitely recommend the walnut butter!

After my workout this morning I had a cup of Multigrain GF Puffins with Unsweetened Chocolate Almond Breeze.

Late morning snack was a banana with a tbsp of pecan butter, some raisins and cinnamon. Very delicious.

Sorry for the crappy pic but for lunch I had a tasty quesadilla on a gf brown rice tortilla. It was filled with fat free spicy refried black beans and lots of spinach.

My afternoon snack will be Roasted Seaweed Snacks from Trader Joe's. Only 60 calories for the entire package, and it tastes soooooo good.

Dinner will be leftover salad that I got last night. They make a huge salad which is beneficial for me because I get two meals out of it... and each serving only costs $2.25 for a fresh tasty salad. Not too shabby.

Overall I'd say it is a pretty great food day. Hopefully work will go quickly. It's another beautiful, warm day and it always bums me out to be inside the whole day. Oh well, it is what it is.

I've had a few days where I start out taking pictures, and then don't complete it (usually too tired, or I have something silly like bananas for dinner). But all of these meals look great! I've had a couple of "meh" smoothies, but this one certainly looks nice and chocolate-y. :)

The Whole Foods I went to today has only the boxed packets of Artisana, so I'll wait til I'm all finished with my Justin's packets first! I think you've convinced me with the banana split - it just might happen tomorrow (then again, I usually don't document Wednesday, maybe Thursday!).

That is a great deal on a salad!

I'm glad you'll be seeing the doc about your shoulder. The chiropractor I see doesn't accept insurance either, but it's only $35 for a 20 minute appointment. And I'm super happy that things are getting better for you! Pushing through anxiety is tough. You're pretty awesome. :)

Yeah I either get lazy or I just forget and remember when I've already eaten half of my meal. The smoothie was ok, I just would have preferred all cherries I guess.

OMG I'm jealous that you found the packets! I'm on the prowl for them. I'm already totally obsessed with the pecan and walnut butters. Definitely try those! I'd love to see your version of a banana split!

I am going to see if they will be able to work with me without insurance. I have a feeling that maybe the dr. will send me to physical therapy if they find something gnarly wrong? I guess I'll have to wait and see.

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